Janów Sokólski
Coordinates: 53°28′N 23°14′E / 53.467°N 23.233°E
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Issachar Ber Ryback - Synagogue in Janow Sokolski
Janów Sokólski (Yiddish: Janowa, Janov) was a stetl in Gmina Sokółka, Sokółka County, Poland, destroyed during German invasion of Poland. Currently only a Jewish cemetery exists. The cemetery and the surrounding agricultural land are the property of gmina[1] The earliest known Jewish community in Janova is dated by 1720.[1] The town was known for its wooden synagogue. (mid-1700s-1941)[2]
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- ^ a b JANOW SOKOLSKI: Podlaski, by the International Jewish Cemetery Project; citing Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 563: "Janow Sokolski", Shtetl Finder (1980), p. 119: "Yanov, Yanova, Yanov Sokolski".
- ^ The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art: Wooden Synagogue in Janów Sokolskii, Janów Sokolski, Mid-18th century.
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Categories:
- Former populated places in Poland
- Historic Jewish communities in Poland
- Jewish communities that were destroyed in the Holocaust
- Sokółka County geography stubs